“I was interested to know how they [Israel] deal with problems and with terror. Why should we have war between Iraq and Israel? How can I forget that there is a modern state in the area which has had success in the democratic process and the economy?…I have few friends in my life. Some of them are Israeli it should be like this, this is the only way”
– Mithal al-Alusi, leader of the Democratic Party of the Iraqi Nation, on why he attended an international counterterrorism conference in Israel last September.
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